E3 2015: Sony is Backing Shenmue 3 Development

Sony is officially funding and helping with the development of the newly announced Shenmue III, Sony’s director of third party production Gio Corsi revealed at E3 2015 today.

“So, this [Shenmue III] has been ask for ever since I've been at PlayStation,” Corsi said during the PlayStation Live from E3 Stream. “And we met with Suzuki-san at GDC last year and we started the long road to try to figure out how we were going to get this thing made. And we said the only way this is going to happen is if the fans speak up, and we thought Kickstarter was the perfect place to do this.”

“So we set a goal for $2 million dollars and if the fans come in and back it, then absolutely we are going to make this a reality,” he added. “Sony and PlayStation are definitely a partner in this game.

“And it's going to be run through third party production and we're going to help YS Net get the game done.” Corsi said. “And we are going to be partners the whole way and we're really excited to see this come out in a couple of years.”